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Resident urges rezoning for manufactured-home community; asks county to accept incubator building gift from Ellensburg
Summary
A resident urged Kittitas County commissioners to rezone Springwood land for a manufactured-home community to serve households at 30% AMI and urged the county to accept an incubator building gifted by the city of Ellensburg and move Public Works into new space.
A resident told the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners during the public comment period that the county faces an “unmet affordable housing shortage.” The commenter proposed rezoning Springwood property and conveying land to a land trust to create a manufactured-home community aimed at 30% area median income households.
The speaker said the rezoning had been raised previously to the county’s affordable housing committee on “at least 2 occasions” and argued a manufactured-home community is “and has always been the least expensive option to address 30% AMI.” The comment also said the county had “signed a bilateral agreement with the city of Ellensburg where they're gifting you the incubator building” and urged officials to “accept the gift and move public works to a new workspace.”
County staff recorded that written comments from another individual were received and would be included in the meeting record.
No formal action was taken during the study session on the rezoning proposal or on accepting the incubator building; the remarks were submitted as public comment and placed in the record.
